The Surprising Truth About What Energizes Us

What actually energizes you? More caffeine? Go for a walk? Get a snack? Switch tasks? A study from Portland State University and the University of Michigan tells us that the top 5 most common breaks we use to re-energize don’t work.

Use this infographic to find out what does and increase your productivity, work-life balance and overall wellbeing. Human energy is the fuel that helps organizations run successfully. According to this infographic, engaged employees have 37% less absenteeism. What is more, when people lack positive energy they fall short on making their goals.

To put energy into action consider the following rules: more goals, less reorganizing; more learning, less worry; more collaborating, less venting; more meaning, less distraction.